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submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

I've been using Proton Mail and VPN for a while now, and I'm just wondering how everyone else feels about them. I have this kind of inherent alight distrust of them just because they seem like they offer a lot for free and kind of have a Big Tech vibe about them, but there's nothing for me to really substantiate that distrust with, its mostly just a feeling. That being said, I do use their services as mentioned and they work pretty well, even on the free teir. So aside from that one instance where they gave that guy's info to the feds, is there any reason not to trust them with my data?

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[-] [email protected] 33 points 11 months ago

Plus, the data they gave was minimal, basically just the recovery email address, if I remember. That person got caught because they used the same address on Twitter (or something) and then they could get more data, if I recall correctly.

[-] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

This is the key bit. So long as whatever they hand over still meets their services guidelines, the fact they cooperate with law enforcement is not in the least a knock to the promises they made.

It would be another matter altogether if they were providing law enforcement with logs or information they said they don’t collect.

People’s deductive reasoning is weak sauce.

this post was submitted on 11 Oct 2023
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